Gardiner Conroy

James Gardiner Conroy (1 August 1889-21 November 1943) was a Colonel in the US Army who commanded the US 165th Infantry Regiment during World War II. He was killed in action during the Battle of Makin in 1943.

Biography
James Gardiner Conroy was born on 1 August 1889 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Conroy began his US Army career in 1912, and he was a veteran of the Mexican Revolution and World War I. In June 1934, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and made a judge advocate of the US 27th Infatnry Division, and he was given command of the US 165th Infantry Regiment in 1940 during the peacetime mobilization. Conroy led the regiment during World War II, including in the Gilbert Islands campaign of 1943. He was killed by an Imperial Japanese Army sniper on the afternoon of 21 November 1943, and he was replaced by Gerard W. Kelley.